If there’s two products I’ve always wanted to do a crossover, it’s the arcade classic Street Fighter II and some carbonated water. Okay, it’s not exactly the latest Spider-Man, but this ad, in which Street Fighter II teams up with the bubbly water called The Strong, …Read more »
October’s the right time for another spooky season of Tokyo Ghoul:re. Now there’s a new commercial out for Tokyo Ghoul:re season 2 to get us in the re mood. The commercial may only be 15 seconds, but it teases some important details: namely, that this will “finally …Read more »
In these troubled times, let us take solace in the fact that for a few moments, we can kick back with some footage of Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno sipping on a Sapporo. The 58-year-old director, who has also helmed projects like Gunbuster, Nadia and Shin …Read more »
Zoom zoom. Taking a star turn in a new commercial for the Honda Civic is none other than Hideaki Anno, director of Evangelion and Shin Godzilla , who stars alongside band ONE OK ROCK. This isn’t actually the first commercial work Anno has done: he …Read more »
YouTuber Mike Diva has helped make the internet a slightly stranger and more wonderful place today with a new video that places presidential contender Donald Trump into an ultra-kawaii, Japanese-style commercial. Why? The better question might be: why not? In the ad, Trump, who’s just …Read more »
You’re going to want to see this. Nissin, the makers of Cup Noodle, have been killing it lately with awesome viral videos promoting their instant ramen. Last time around idol Kanna Hashimoto pulled off some crazy Cup Noodle-related stunts, and this time, and this time …Read more »
Last week, we reported Yoshiaki Nishimura, producer of Studio Ghibli films Princess Kaguya and When Marnie Was There , had formed his own new animation studio, Studio Ponoc. Now Studio Ponoc’s first animation project, which features animation from Ghibli staff, is streaming online. The ad, …Read more »
Bakkakkoii is a portmanteau of baka (stupid) and kakkoii (cool), and that pretty much describes exactly this recent commercial for Nissin Cup Noodle. The commercial stars Kanna Hashimoto, a member of idol group Rev. from DVL who recently appeared in the live-action Assassination Classroom film …Read more »
Life is pretty good for American fast food junkies living in Tokyo. We’ve got McDonald’s, natch, Burger King, KFC and even Wendy’s, which relaunched recently after a Wendyless spell in the late naughts. But Taco Bell is one fast food franchise expats have been only …Read more »
This may be the greatest 30 seconds of our week. Three cheers to Toonami, Funimation and whoever else was responsible for this incredible Space Dandy DVD television spot. Promoting the upcoming release of the Space Dandy season one DVD box, the ad features as the …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai, director of 5 Centimeters Per Second , Children Who Chase Lost Voices and other films with similarly long titles has directed a 30-second commercial promoting a currently under-construction terminal at Vietnam’s No Bai Airport. It’s being built by Japanese firm Taisei, for whom …Read more »
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